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Dell PowerStore Networking Guide for PowerStore T Models

Validate NAS with FSN configuration on the Top-of-Rack (ToR) switches

Once you have configured and cabled your ToR switches, validate the configuration prior to discovering your PowerStore T model deployment.

  1. Establish a terminal session to the switch.
  2. Validate the interface status.
    show interface status | grep up 
    ort            Description     Status   Speed    Duplex   Mode Vlan Tagged-Vlans
    Eth 1/1/8       NodeB_NASa_IO.. up       10G      full     -
    Eth 1/1/10      NodeB_NASa_IO.. up       10G      full     -
    Eth 1/1/12      NodeA_NASs_IO.. up       10G      full     -
    Eth 1/1/14      NodeA_NASs_IO.. up       10G      full     -
  3. Validate the port channel configuration.
    show port-channel summary
    Flags:  D - Down    I - member up but inactive    P - member up and active
            U - Up (port-channel)    F - Fallback Activated    IND - LACP Individual
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    Group Port-Channel           Type     Protocol  Member Ports
    --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
    11   port-channel11   (U)     Eth      DYNAMIC   1/1/12(P) 1/1/14(P)
    20   port-channel20   (U)     Eth      DYNAMIC   1/1/8(I) 1/1/10(P) 
    
  4. Validate the VLAN configuration
    show vlan
    Codes: * - Default VLAN, M - Management VLAN, R - Remote Port Mirroring VLANs,
           @ - Attached to Virtual Network, P - Primary, C - Community, I - Isolated,
           S - VLAN-Stack VLAN
    Q: A - Access (Untagged), T - Tagged
        NUM    Status    Description                     Q Ports
    *   1      Active    Cluster_Network                 A Eth1/1/29-1/1/30,1/1/47-1/1/54
                                                         A Po10-11,20-21,30,40,50,1000
        500    Active    NAS_active_network              T Po10,20   
  5. Repeat steps on ToR switch 2.

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